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Sunday, January 22, 2017

Romanca Society took part recently in a media project organised in partnership with Media Trust , Trust for London and ICR London . The project objective is to amplify the voices of London's migrant and diaspora community groups in the media. The short film My London-Romanca Society is aiming to show what London means for Romanian community .

The Romanian Cultural Institute and The Enescu Society in Great Britaincordially invite you to

RCI London, Thursday 2 February, 7pm

Alexandru Tomescu - violin Angela Drăghicescu - piano

The concert will be precedeed by the ceremony of awarding The Order of Faithful Service in the rank of Commander to Kasper Holten, Director of Opera at Royal Opera House Covent Garden.

With an evocation of Lipatti's life and work by writer and music enthusiast Orlando Murrin.

Free. Seats allocated on a first come, first served basis. Please book your seat onEventbrite

The 2017 programme of our beloved Enescu Concerts Series debuts with a homage to the unforgettable pianist and composer Dinu Lipatti, 100 years since his birth, offered by charismatic duo Alexandru Tomescu (violin) and Angela Drăghicescu (piano). The peak of the all-Romanian programme, featuring pieces by George Enescu and Tiberiu Olah, is Lipatti's Sonatina for violin and piano, a brilliant piece that demonstrates the tragic musician's outstanding skills as composer, performed in UK premiere.

Alexandru Tomescu has proved himself capable of taming any score, no matter how complicated, as his „Paganini – angel or demon?" project, a turning point in his career, fully demonstrates. After studies in Switzerland with Tibor Varga and in the U.S. with Eduard Schmieder, Alexandru Tomescu returned to Romania to undertake a personal mission. Through concerts and lectures, he has strived to demonstrate that classical music is a world open to all people, that it can create social harmony and that everyone deserves the chance to explore it. In parallel to a fruitful career in Europe and the world, filled with successes in halls such as Théâtre des Champs Elysees – Paris, Carnegie Hall – New York or Metropolitan Arts Centre – Tokyo, after appearances with conductors such as Valery Gergiev, Kurt Masur or Christoph Eschenbach, Alexandru has continued to actively spreads this message in Romania and elsewhere and to conduct social campaigns on behalf of important cultural causes. His "Bach to Basics" CD was voted the best classical music album in Romania in 2016.

Pianist Angela Drăghicescu has quickly established a reputation as a much sought-after collaborative artist and chamber musician. She performs regularly in major centres throughout the world with many of this generation's most renowned musicians. Recent engagements have included performances at Carnegie Hall, Kennedy Center, Benaroya Hall, Rudolfinium Prague, as well as many other venues in Europe, the US, and Asia. She has performed with many of today's leading artists including Concertmaster of the New York Philharmonic Frank Huang, Sandy Yamamoto, Virgil Boutellis, Remus Azoitei, among others. Her doctoral thesis "Nicolae Bretan: A Guide to Romanian Art Song" is the first textbook for Romanian diction for singers and has become an invaluable source for non-native speakers wishing to perform Romanian Art Song. Her mentors include the great pianist Michael Gurt, Josette Hirsu, and Anne Epperson.

Orlando Murrin is writer and editor who has been fascinated by Dinu Lipatti since his schooldays, and has spent the last year researching the life and career of this great musician, the centenary of whose birth falls on 19 March 2017. His investigations have led him all over Europe and brought him into contact with students, friends and descendants of the pianist and his wife, shedding new light on his family and entourage, as well as the turbulent political background against which his short but brilliant life was played out. Murrin is the initiator of a successful petition to have the Lipatti family home in Bucharest spared from demolition with the aim that it will be eventually turned into a museum in memory of Lipatti and his music.

The EESC and its Permanent Study group on Disability rights are organizing a public hearing on the situation of refugees and migrants with disabilities on 14 February 2017.

The objective of the hearing is to draw attention to the situation of refugees and migrants with disabilities by raising awareness among organizations working with migrants and refugees on the specific rights and needs of persons with disabilities.

In the first part we will focus on the situation in Greece and will present the report and recommendations issuing from the EESC visit to Lesbos and Athens in October 2016. In the second part we will enlarge the picture and look at what the EU and civil society can do to tackle the crisis in particular with regard to vulnerable refugees and migrants.

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Ionela Flood

About Me

I was awarded a bursary in cultural management by the Ministry of Culture, Romania, in 1999, studing in Italy, Greece, France and United Kingdom.Being resident in London since 2001, I am currently undertaking PhD research with a bursary from the Ministry of Education of Romania in the area of Project Management while developing projects for Romanians abroad.
I am a Former Director of the Mihai Eminescu Centre in Bucharest, and founded the Magazine Enigmaticul in 1999 and initiated the Mihai Eminescu Festival, The Festival of 3rd Millennium and the Sports Dance Festival.I became President of the Info Manager Association in 2001,Vice President of Liga Culturala a Romanilor in 2004 and Chair of Romanca Society in 2006, promoting the development of management, marketing and networking in Romanian’s socio- cultural activity.The latest projects that I have been involved with are in the area of culture, business and education: A Romanian Musical Adventure in partnership with the Silvestry Foundation, Art and Music Festival with Pro Patrimonio Foundation, Eco Energy Europe Project for Aardvark, QIEI 2008 with ASE and Invitation to Composers with London Schubert Players Trust in 2010.